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Party On! The War Party Ascendant
Congratulations are in order for the War Party.
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Noam Chomsky | A Genuine Movement for Social Change
Intellectuals must be prepared to face repression and to act in defense of the values they profess.
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Katharine Gun’s Risky Truth-Telling
Truth-telling can be a dangerous undertaking, especially when done by government insiders trying to expose wrongdoing connected to war-making.
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Monsters’ Ball on Capitol Hill: A Tale of Congress, Tsunamis and Circuses
Far more than merely just a few elected officials have ceaselessly covered the flanks of the Christian fundamentalist forces that are actively commandeering our US military.
After Vowing to End Combat Mission in Afghanistan, Obama Secretly Extends the United States’ Longest War
President Obama has secretly extended the US role in Afghanistan.
FAIR TV: Keystone Misinformation, War “Works” and NPR’s Cosby Questions
On this week's edition: The Keystone XL pipeline is back in the news - and so is a lot of the same old misinformation, and more.
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Seven Ways the Military Wastes Our Money
Hint: none of them have anything to do with national defense.
The Outpost That Doesn’t Exist in the Country You Can’t Locate
That the US military is expanding its efforts in Africa shouldn't be a shock anymore.
No Debate: Antiwar Voices Absent From Corporate TV News Ahead of US Attacks on Iraq and Syria
A new analysis of corporate TV news has found there was almost no debate about whether the United States should go to war in Iraq and Syria.
US Shifts Blame to Afghan Government for Exploding Central Asian Opium Trade
The United States, which fostered Afghanistan's opium production in the '80s, now blames the Karzai government for booming business.